lachanon refers to plants generally, including plants described as food.

The attested usage chiefly denotes plants as a general class, including plants compared with a growing seed and plants included in tithing; one occurrence places the plural among foods eaten as vegetables.

1. Plants as a general class · dominant

   The genitive plural forms occur in comparisons: in Mark 4:32 the APB renders the clause "larger than all the plants," and in Matthew 13:32, "greater than the plants." In Luke 11:42, the accusative singular occurs with mint and rue as the APB renders "every plant" in the statement about tithing.

   Mark 4:32Matthew 13:32Luke 11:42
2. Plants eaten as vegetables · rare

   In Romans 14:2, the accusative plural is the object of eating; the APB renders the contrast as one person eating all things while another "eats vegetables."

   Romans 14:2

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as "plants" in the growth comparisons, "every plant" in the tithing clause, and "vegetables" in the eating contrast. These renderings show the verses' contexts rather than fixed English equivalents.